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PV Magazine USA: Solar Panel Recycling: Turning Ticking Time Bombs into Opportunities
From the Article With the average lifespan of a solar panel at roughly 20 years, installations from the early 2000s are set to reach end-of-life. Will they end up in...
PV Magazine USA: It May Be Safe to Put PV in Landfills, but that Doesn’t Mean We Should
From the Article However, these findings are not intended as a carte blanche for the indiscriminate disposal of end-of-life solar panels, according to the report’s authors. “Recycling is expected to...
Engineering & Technology: Spotlight on a Solar Scandal
From the Article Millions of solar PV panels could fail or degrade prematurely and may even be at risk of fires. But no one knows exactly where they are or...
The World Is Facing A Solar Panel Waste Problem
From the Article Solar panel installations hit a total 629 GW last year–an increase of 12 percent from 2018. It was also a lot—really a lot—of panels. And in a...
5 Research Priorities for Making Sure More Solar PV Materials Get Recycled
From the Article by Jason Deign Solar PV is now the dominant technology for new electricity generation capacity additions. That’s a huge achievement, but it brings up the vital question of what will...
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry
White Paper Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry A Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition White Paper Download PDF